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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Yesterday was one of those days that involved a lot of waiting. Waiting in the car. Teenagers are not in any great hurry. It was one of those days where the sewing machine had a day off.

I like to wrap gifts, swappy fabrics or sold quilts in my own handmade ribbons and tags. These are a great little project for when I am waiting, waiting... I usually carry my crochet hook and a ball of cotton in my handbag, and when the opportunity arises I crochet. I am not a hand sewer, but do enjoy crochet and knitting when I am away from the machine.

These are quite time consuming to make, and as you can see I spent a lot of time waiting in the car yesterday. Just in case you are wondering, I don't have a pattern for these, they come straight out of my head (there is a lot going on up there!).

What do you do while you are waiting, whether it is in the car, or in the dentist waiting room?

How gorgeous Rita, what a lovely idea to wrap presents and quilts in a handmade crochet 'ribbon'. I love the little curly bits on the end. I usually try and take my socks I am knitting if I have to wait long, or some hexagons. xo

So gorgeous. There are some pretty lucky gals getting packages with such detail! I love them.

I'm always waiting, as I take public transport. for a while, I worked on my hexagon quilt until it got too big. Now I sew closed legs on my toys or do a bit of embroidery. I love those little moments when you get something small done but it makes a big impact. Your crocheted ribbons and tags do that!

I do enjoy hand sewing and have a baby quilt in the car/pickup that I am appliquing vines, leaves and coneflowers on. I also work on my redwork dishtowels, knit dishcloths, and a marathon afgan I am crocheting in squares. I get bored easily, lol. Elaine

Is there anything you can't do, Rita?These are gorgeous.When I'm waiting around, I like to have some hand sewing to do too. Usually some hand quilting but I am about to start a hand pieced quilt top so that will take over soonish.Andi :-)

If I know I will be waiting, I take my hand quilt with me. I am piecing the last of a 9 block sampler and have about 4 left to quilt. I'd like to get it done though, to move on the paper pieced hexagons!

I knit! I can knit an entire hat in the time it takes the train to get from my town to downtown Chicago! So I'll usually bring 2 balls of yarn with me, and knit 2 hats. I give them to friends, or to charity. I knit in the doctor's office too, and once I worked on the binding of a quilt waiting for Hubby to have a test done at the hospital! ~ Jennie

I always read and / or listen to my iPod while waiting. I tried knitting in the car once but I get nauseous really easily so that was a bust. Love the twirlies... I used to make those as bookmarks when I was younger!

What a great idea for personalizing a gift. I do a variety of things while I'm waiting, from reading a book to working on an applique project. It depends on how much time I think I'm going to be waiting.

Wow -- you really made great use of your time! I usually drag a book along rather than any handwork, because I am too disorganized to have everything ready to go. Or I forget some vital tool -- like scissors. I need to get some small projects together for waiting, though, because I have a very short attention span! It probably would make waiting easier to feel that I was accomplishing something!

I actually carry around a journal in my hand bag to jot down ideas for quilts, gifts, and thoughts. I also have a hand-held game system that I carrie and play some games. They aren't just for kids any more... :o)

I spend lots of time using my iPhone, i can search for fabric or whatever, i can do work email, personal email, you name it. I am on a bus for nearly 2 hours a day, so this phone and me are a package deal.